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Re: Setting up a linux server.

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On 2011-05-20, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> David Brown wrote:
>> On 20/05/2011 06:40, Gordon wrote:
>>> Aragorn<aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>  wrote in news:ir3989$6eq$4@dont-
>>> email.me:
>>>
>>>>>>> The three things I want to do with it are:
>>>>>>>    - provide a place to put various files that can be accessed
>>>>>>> by any work station.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's what "/srv" on the server machine is for. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> As others have said, that's what /samba/ is for.  You can put the
>>>>> files in a directory under /src if you want.
>>>>
>>>> Well, he was asking about providing a *place* so I took that literally.
>>>> And Samba is only needed if some of the workstations run Windows.  If
>>>> the clients run GNU/Linux, he would be better off with NFS.
>>>
>>> I should be a bit more specific.  The workstations are running Win XP.
>>> I'll be adding another workstation latter this year and I'll be the
>>> primary user of that machine.  When that happens, I will seriously
>>> consider making that one a linux box.  The server is a different
>>> project.  I want it to provide network storage to the Win boxes
>>> via the Map Network Drive function.  Sounds like a job for Samba.
>> 
>> Yes, you want samba here.
>> 
>> I often like samba even for Linux-to-Linux sharing - I find it more 
>> flexible than NFS, and it seems to cope better if you get network 
>> problems.  NFS is a bit more efficient, and gives you more Linux 
>> features (named pipes, hard links, etc.) - but I haven't found the need 
>> for these in networked setups.  It's also a matter of taste, experience 
>> and convenience.
>> 
>
> Maybe things have improved, but I found SMB woeful with linux clients.
>
> I simply hard NFS mount the server at boot and that's that. Its 'there' 
> and behaves exactly like any normal mounted file system.

   I really haven't ever had any NFS problems. Sometimes apps will hang
if the NFS server goes away, but they tend to continue chugging along as
if nothing happened after the relevant server is kicked in the head. The
only really serious problem I've ever had with NFS is newer Ubuntus with
upstart.

   Startup gets hung up with something in the NFS startup sequence not
running perfectly and the whole startup sequence is buggered. Seems like
a cascade of failed dependencies.

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Setting up a linux server. Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> - 2011-05-18 22:09 +0000
  Re: Setting up a linux server. Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2011-05-18 16:01 -0700
  Re: Setting up a linux server. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2011-05-18 19:09 -0400
  Re: Setting up a linux server. Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-05-19 01:16 +0200
    Re: Setting up a linux server. David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-05-19 09:35 +0200
      Re: Setting up a linux server. Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-05-19 16:25 +0200
        Re: Setting up a linux server. Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> - 2011-05-20 04:40 +0000
          Re: Setting up a linux server. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2011-05-20 03:11 -0400
            Re: Setting up a linux server. David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-05-20 11:41 +0200
              Re: Setting up a linux server. JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-23 17:25 -0500
          Re: Setting up a linux server. David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-05-20 11:40 +0200
            Re: Setting up a linux server. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-20 10:41 +0100
              Re: Setting up a linux server. JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-23 17:28 -0500
                Re: Setting up a linux server. TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 20:15 +0200
    Re: Setting up a linux server. Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> - 2011-05-20 04:44 +0000
      Re: Setting up a linux server. Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-05-20 07:35 +0200
        Re: Setting up a linux server. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-20 07:29 +0100
      Re: Setting up a linux server. "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor.Hemsley@mytrousers.ntlworld.com> - 2011-05-20 05:30 -0500
        Re: Setting up a linux server. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-20 11:43 +0100
          Re: Setting up a linux server. "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor.Hemsley@mytrousers.ntlworld.com> - 2011-05-20 06:18 -0500
            Re: Setting up a linux server. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-20 12:43 +0100
  Re: Setting up a linux server. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-19 00:39 +0100

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